The Eagles have become the talk of the town and the best team in the NFL. Well over the next two weeks they will have a chance to prove it. Over the next two weeks the birds will have to travel out west first to play the Seahawks and then to take on the Rams. This will challenge the Eagles in so many ways yet if they can come out on top they will with out a doubt be the favorite to go all the way.

The Eagles have just resigned Alshon Jeffrey to a 4 year extension. Once again the Eagles are using the blue print that was set by the Seahawks when they realized they had a franchise QB in Russell Wilson. The blue print is sign your talent early and set the contracts to expire around the time that you will need to pay the young QB big money. This gives the team the ability to be extremely competitive over the next 4 years. By then if Carson is everything we think he is then we will have no problem being competitive for the next decade or more. The signing of Jerningan was just another example of that. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Eagles aren’t done. I am also glad that they don’t care about re-working contracts in the middle of the season. There is no rule that you have to wait, get it while it’s good.

So for the game this weekend we will talk about some of the struggles the Eagles may face going into a hostile environment like the Seattle.

You have to travel out west which is always problematic.

You are going to Seattle which has been has the toughest place to play in December the last few years, its loud, its passionate, and we can’t take it over with Eagles fans.

Russell Wilson is playing his best football right now.

The noise will make the Eagles have to use more silent count. This could lead to more false starts.

Seahawks Need this win, because they want to reach the Rams who we happen to play the very next week.

So with the struggles that will exist there are some positives for the Eagles which will help them out this week.

They are 4-1 on the road this season.

They kill the run game, and the Seahawks are currently ranked 20th in rush offense. Not good for them.

The Eagles are going to force Russell Wilson to beat us through the air and since the return of Darby the Eagles are only looking better and better.

The Eagles front seven is almost unstoppable at this point.

The Birds are only the 5th Team in NFL history to throw 28 TD’s and rush for more than 1600 yards through 11 games. That is amazing because they have yet to have a single back go over 100 yards in a game.

With all of this being said and the numbers slightly favoring the Eagles, this game will be tough, it will be a defensive battle against an up and coming team and a battled tested team. The Seahawks know how to win during this time of the year. It will be a tough first half of football as the two team go through the chess match of figuring out each other. I don’t expect the birds to begin to pull away until the 4th quarter. This is when the run game will begin to wear down the Seahawks and the Carson starts to sling the rock.

This game has all the markings to be a huge ass whoopin. Let’s just break down some of the Rankings for both teams.

49ers Offense is #23 in the rush. Eagles Defense is # 1 Against the run. ( Edge Eagles)

49ers Defense is #29 against the rush. Eagles Offense is #4 in the run ( Edge Eagles )

49ers Defense is #32 against 3rd down conv. Eagles offense is # 1 for 3rd down conv. ( Edge Eagles)

Listen the list goes on and on in favor of the Eagles. The 49ers have to travel to the East coast and play in conditions that will be favorable to the run game. It’s supposed to rain Sunday which means we should see the ball in the running backs hands a lot. This game isn’t even going to be close. The Eagles will dominate the game clock and run the ball most of the day. The Eagles will easily reach their 6th straight victory and start to prepare for the Broncos to come to town.

Lastly I would like to address all these people (Cowboy Fans) complaining about the schedule we have. Sorry but we can’t play the Patriots 16 times a season we have to play the teams on our schedule. Instead of complaining about who we are playing start complaining that these teams can’t d beat us. See you in a couple of Weeks.

Eagles are coming off another great football game. I really like the way they are game planning their opponents and more than anything how active the running game has become. This helps that the last two opponents were terrible against the run. The Cardinals are coming into a bad situation this week where they are coming off an overtime victor in San Fran and now how travel to the East Coast to play the Eagles. This game will not go well for the Cards.

I expect the Cardinals are declining each week in the run game department. This won’t be any different this week. Sine the loss Johnson in their back field it will be difficult for them to run the ball against this Eagles Defense. The part of their offense that is a concern is their ability to throw and our inability to stop the pass.

Non of this should matter though because much like last week the Eagles will do a great job at keeping their offense off the field. I expect the Eagles to throw the ball more in the first half and then get back to the running game late in the third and fourth quarter. If everything goes right the second should be fairly boring. That is a good thing. This is a team that the Eagles should be and will beat.